Fruit-carrier



E. E. WADE. FRUIT GARRIER.

(No Model.)

No. 524,568. Patented Aug. 14, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD E. W'ADE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

FRUIT-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,568, dated August14, 1894.

Application filed April 27, 1894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. WADE, a c tizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California,have invented an Improvement ill Fruit-Carriers; and I hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a protective receptacle andcarrier for fruit and other perishable articles to be used in conunction with the exterior boxes or cases, and 1t consists of independentsections so constructed and arranged as to be fitted together to formcompartments into which each article may be placed, and especially tofit the compartments to any size or shape of box which it may be desiredto use.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanationof my invent1on,--Figure 1 isa view showing a carrier of my description,the cover of the box being removed. Fig. 2 is a view of one of thesections separately.

In the construction of fruit carriers, it is customary to make anexterior box of a certain size, and then to fit it with transversepartitions of various shapes which form spaces or chambers into whicheach article is placed, and by the walls of which the adjacent articlesare separated from each other. In all these contrivances, it isnecessary to I make them of a certain proportion to fit the interior ofcases or boxes of known size, and when the shipper happens to have asupply of boxes which are not of a size to fit the interlor parts asmanufactured, these boxes are lost to him, as he must get new ones whichwill fit.

My invention is designed to fit the carriers to any style or size of boxwhich may be in possession of the shipper.

In carrying out my invention I take pasteboard or fibrous material ofany suitable description, and preferably have it corrugated as shown.This paste-board is cut into widths and lengths sufiicient to form asingle receptacle A, with a projecting leaf or piece B, which extendsbeyond one side of the receptacle. This receptacle will stand upon end,

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either upon the bottom of the box or upon any soft or yielding fabricwhich is put in as a lining for the bottom of the box, and thesereceptacles are then placed along one side or end of the box, andthereafter parallel with each other until the bottom of the box isfilled.

The arrangement will be as follows: The first receptacle A may stand inthe corner of the box with its projecting leaf B extending along theside of the box. An article to be shipped is placed in the receptacle A,another one may be laid against the leaf or projection B, another of thechambers A is now placed in contact with the fruit'or article which hasbeenplaced against the leaf B, and the corresponding leaf of the secondchamber A projects outside of this fruit or article, while a thirdarticle may be placed in the second chamber as shown. It will thus beseen that each two of these chambers, with their projecting leaves B,will form three chambers to receive articles, and it will also be seen,by reason of their independent construction, that they may be fitted toarticles of various sizes, and also fitted into boxes of any size ordescription. As soon as the bottom of the box has been covered with alayer of articles to be shipped, an intermediate horizontal partition Ois placed above this layer, and another layer is then placed upon thetop of this partition and so on until the outer box is filled. Theseintermediate layers may be made of paste-board or of any flexible orfibrous substance, either corrugated, or in other ways so formed as toprevent any bruising or pressure upon the fruit or other articles.

It will be manifest that more than one thickness of material may be usedfor the compartments or for the partitions if needed or desired;

The sides of the chambers A, as well as the projecting leaves B, arealso perforated with holes, as shown at D for purposes of ventilation,and holes are made through the exterior box for the same purpose. Bythis construction I am enabled to provide an exceedingly cheap andconvenient protective covering for fruit, which is to be transported inboxes, and by reason of the independent construction of these covers Iam enabled to fit them into boxes or cases of any size or description.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, wha I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A carrier for fruit and perishable objects consisting of an exteriorcase, independent compartments consisting of flexible material,

coiled into cylindrical form at one end so that each will inclose anobject, and having proecting flaps or leaves extending in anapproximately straight line beyond the point of joining, saidcompartments being set in rows within the case, with the projectingflaps ex tending in opposite directions upon opposite sides between eachtwo adjacent compartments and adapted to form a third intermediatecompartment.

2. Acarrier for fruit and perishable objects EDWARD E. WADE.

Witnesses:

WM. Ross, J NO G. KELLOGG.

